House Approves Bill Addressing Combustible Dust Hazards
Introduced by the House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., and Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., the Worker Protection against Combustible...
Lawmakers: OSHA Criminal, Civil Penalties Weak and Ineffective
During the hearing, held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., called...
Foulke Announces Key OSHA Appointments
Steven Witt was appointed the new director of OSHAs Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs. Witt began his career at the Department of Labor in...
Report: Massachusetts Workplace Deaths On the Rise
Dying for Work in Massachusetts: The Loss of Life and Limb in Massachusetts Workplaces, produced by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition...
OSH Act Critics Chime in for Workers' Memorial Day
People should stop and think about why is it that we, as a country, don't value the lives of workers more than we should, she said to OccupationalHazards.com...
Workers Memorial Day: Events Around the Globe Commemorate Workers, Stress Need for Safety
In Los Angeles, the Southern California Collation for Occupational Safety and Health (SoCalOSH), UCLA-LOSH and WORKSAFE will hold a public funeral procession...
Lawmaker: Cintas Lets Safety Improvements Slide
During a news teleconference before a hearing on OSHA's role in enforcing workplace safety at companies such as Cintas, Hare said he hoped Congressional...
Cintas Death Calls into Question OSHA Enforcement
The death of Eleazar Torres Gomez, a Cintas employee who fell from a conveyor belt into an industrial dryer at the company's Tulsa, Okla., facility in...
AFL-CIO Report: Workplaces Not as Safe as OSHA Claims
AFL-CIOs 2008 Death on the Job report, which was released in anticipation of the 20th annual Workers Memorial Day on April 28, points out that the latest...
Senators Call for GAO Report on OSHAs Injury and Illness Auditing
The senators expressed concern that underreporting injury and illness rates has become more prevalent in recent years, and that OSHAs effort to monitor...
OSHA Launches Youth Job Safety Campaign
The Teen Summer Job Safety Campaign educates teenagers on the importance of workplace safety and health habits that will help protect them and their coworkers...
Revised BLS 2006 Stats Point to Rise, Not Decrease, in Workplace Deaths
In August 2007, BLS released its preliminary figures, which indicated that there were 5,703 fatal work injuries in the United States in 2006, a decrease...
Fairfax: OSHA Plans PSM Inspections for Chemical Plants
Fairfax said he originally planned to launch the National Emphasis Program (NEP) for the chemical industry in late summer or early fall of 2008, but now...
House Committee Passes Combustible Dust Bill
An OSHA standard on combustible dust, House Democrats said, would help protect workers by requiring industries to better train employees about dust risks...
Work Zone Awareness Week Calls for Caution, Slower Driving in Construction Zones
This year's campaign theme, Slow for the Cone Zone, seeks to bring national attention to motorist and employee safety and mobility issues in work zones....
OSHA Web Site Introduces RSS Feeds
RSS is a Web-based technology used by businesses, organizations and the government to publish frequently updated online content. With RSS, OSHA Web site...
AIHA Questions Dust Rules Timeline
Miller and Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., introduce H.R. 5522, The Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act, to push OSHA to issue emergency rules...
Roofing Company Superintendent Faces OSHA Obstruction Charges
Media reports cited a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of Illinois in Rock Island against company superintendent...
Tougher Penalties, Worker Safety Laws Discussed at Senate Hearing
Eric Frumin, health and safety coordinator for the Change to Win foundation, said companies such as Cintas, BP, McWane, House of Raeford and others demonstrate...
OSHA, SCHC Renew Alliance
Our alliance has made positive strides to increase awareness about chemical hazards and developing preventive measures to reduce exposure, said OSHA Administrator...
OSHA Seeks Applicants for Susan Harwood Grants
OSHA selected 18 training topics for this grant announcement, including: combustible dust; falls from scaffolds, ladders and roofs in construction; and...
Crane Training Vital for Safety, ASSE Member Says
A national crane operator certification requirement will certainly lead to safer crane operations, Peters said in a Web article for the March issue of...
OSHA Fines Louisiana Imperial Sugar Plant $36,000
OSHA's March 14 inspection of the Gramercy plant comes a month after 13 workers were killed at the companys Georgia refinery near Savannah in an explosion...
New CSB Chair Discusses New Hires, Agency Challenges and OSHA
In an interview with OccupationalHazards.com, Bresland, who was confirmed CSB chairman March 14, said he already is contemplating ways to increase the...
OSHA Issues $1 Million Fine for Fatal Colorado Tunnel Fire
RPI Coating Inc., of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., faces fines totaling $845,100 while Xcel Energy received $189,900 in penalties. The companies were cited...
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